Phase transitions in liquid crystals

S Singh - Physics Reports, 2000‏ - Elsevier
Mesogenic materials exhibit a multitude of transitions involving new phases. Studies of
these phases are of importance in a wide range of scientific fields and as such have …

Microstructural regimes of colloidal rod suspensions, gels, and glasses

MJ Solomon, PT Spicer - Soft Matter, 2010‏ - pubs.rsc.org
We review the diverse range of materials made up of rod-shaped colloids. A common
feature of such suspensions is the strong and efficient contribution of rods to the material's …

Predictive self-assembly of polyhedra into complex structures

PF Damasceno, M Engel, SC Glotzer - Science, 2012‏ - science.org
Predicting structure from the attributes of a material's building blocks remains a challenge
and central goal for materials science. Isolating the role of building block shape for self …

[ספר][B] Computer simulation of liquids

MP Allen, DJ Tildesley - 2017‏ - books.google.com
This book provides a practical guide to molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulation
techniques used in the modelling of simple and complex liquids. Computer simulation is an …

Tracing the phase boundaries of hard spherocylinders

P Bolhuis, D Frenkel - The Journal of chemical physics, 1997‏ - pubs.aip.org
We have mapped out the complete phase diagram of hard spherocylinders as a function of
the shape anisotropy L/D. Special computational techniques were required to locate phase …

Synthesis of monodisperse, rodlike silica colloids with tunable aspect ratio

A Kuijk, A Van Blaaderen, A Imhof - Journal of the American …, 2011‏ - ACS Publications
Although the experimental study of spherical colloids has been extensive, similar studies on
rodlike particles are rare because suitable model systems are scarcely available. To fulfill …

Phase transitions in lyotropic colloidal and polymer liquid crystals

GJ Vroege, HNW Lekkerkerker - Reports on Progress in Physics, 1992‏ - iopscience.iop.org
An overview is given of theory and experiments on liquid crystal phases which appear in
solutions of elongated colloidal particles or stiff polymers. The Onsager (1949) virial theory …

[ספר][B] Liquid crystals: fundamentals

S Singh - 2002‏ - books.google.com
Liquid crystals are partially ordered systems without a rigid, long-range structure. The study
of these materials covers a wide area: chemical structure, physical properties and technical …

[ספר][B] Thermotropic liquid crystals, fundamentals

G Vertogen, WH De Jeu - 2012‏ - books.google.com
The aim of this book is to give a unified and critical account of the fundamental aspects of
liquid crystals. Preference is given to discussing the assumptions made in develo** …

The melting point of ice Ih for common water models calculated from direct coexistence of the solid-liquid interface

R García Fernández, JLF Abascal… - The Journal of chemical …, 2006‏ - pubs.aip.org
In this work we present an implementation for the calculation of the melting point of ice I h
from direct coexistence of the solid-liquid interface. We use molecular dynamics simulations …